bass clarinet, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, vocals Bennie Maupin
bass, backing vocals Paul Jackson
co-producer Fred Catero
design, photography by [front cover] Bruce Steinberg
drums Mike Clark
electric guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar [electric sitar], backing vocals Blackbyrd McKnight
engineer David Rubinson
engineer Fred Catero
engineer [assistant] Chris Minto
engineer [mastering] George Horn
layout, photography by [back cover] Kaz Tsuruta
lead vocals Derrick Youman
percussion Bill Summers
piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer [arp odyssey, arp string ensemble], organ, backing vocals Paul Potyen
producer David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
producer The Headhunters
written-by [collectively] The Headhunters
Recorded At The Automatt
Phonographic Copyright (p) Arista Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Arista Records, Inc.
Published By Cigum Music
Mastered At Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Released with blue Arista logo and silver text on black labels

Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco, May and June 1977
Printed in U.S.A.

In runouts: all data is hand-etched except for Pitman's P which is machine-stamped.
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SA-1C (Runout A, etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SB-1C (Runout B, etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SA-1A 2 S SX (Runout A, etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SB-1A 2 S SX (Runout B, etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SA-1C (Runout A, etched, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SB-1A 2 S SX (Runout B, etched, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SA-1C (Runout A, etched, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SB-1A 2 S1 SX C (Runout B, etched, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SA-1C ̶ ̶̷̶A̶̷̶-̶̷̶4̶̷̶1̶̷̶4̶̷̶6̶̷̶-̶̷̶S̶̷̶A̶̷̶-̶̷̶1̶̷̶C̶̷̶ P (Runout A, etched, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: AB 4146 SB-1A S1 SX C (Runout B, etched, variant 5)